Miriam's Kitchen
A Memoir
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Like many Jewish Americans, Elizabeth Ehrlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cultural attitudes, but not with the institutions; she had fond memories of her Jewish grandmothers, but she found their religious practices irrelevant to her life. It wasn't until she entered the kitchen--and world--of her mother-in-law, Miriam, a Holocaust survivor, that Ehrlich began to understand the importance of preserving the traditions of the past. As Ehrlich looks on, Miriam methodically and lovingly prepares countless kosher meals while relating the often painful stories of her life in Poland and her immigration to America. These stories trigger a kind of religious awakening in Ehrlich, who--as she moves tentatively toward reclaiming the heritage she rejected as a young woman--gains a new appreciation of life's possibilities, choices, and limitations.
Customer Reviews
MIriam's Kitchen
A tender, memory evoking tale that speaks to today's women ..reminding us would to make an effort to learn the ways of those who paved ours. Yes, a kosher kitchen is involved. Rich truths for any hoping to strengthen generational ties. Beautiful, lump-in- your-throat stories combined with laughs. Miriam's Kitchen helped me to understand my friends with a Jewish heritage and further strengthen my resolve to find out what keeping Sabbath means for me (and mine).